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Tommy Castillo and Strathmore Sketchpads

I missed this and it annoys me. I'm a big fan of Tommy Castillo, a fabulous fantasy artist (the book Dragons, Myths and Mayhem) who does the occasional comic book (Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, George Romero's Toe Tags). In truth I don't think he does enough comics work, but I'll freely admit, that's my own personal preference. Anyway Castillo is working with Strathmore and a drawing of his is featured on the front cover of the 400 series of sketchpads from the company. I'll admit that part of the reason I missed this is because I buy sketchpads infrequently (I tell myself I should draw every day...I don't) and I don't usually buy Strathmore. I was looking for a small pad, though and was thrilled when I saw it.

And as it's been a little while since his last comics work...I now have a new piece of Castillo art to look at...and intimidate me every time I think about drawing...

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I am a writer who is on staff at Comicbook Resources and Suicidegirls.com where I primarily interview the best and the brightest figures in comics, art and literature.
As a freelance writer, I’ve contributed arts and travel pieces to many other print and web-based publications including The Daily Beast, the Los Angeles Times, SFX Magazine, the Hartford Advocate, the New Haven Advocate, The Comics Journal, The Poughkeepsie Journal, FilmThreat, Ninthart, and Mediabistro.
In what remains of my free time, I am a student of Arabic.